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US 6,837,807 B1Granted
Golf green repair tool
OwnerMacAuley Duff Kerrinventor
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Abstract
A golf green repair tool that includes a housing, a blade, locking apparatus, and extending apparatus. The blade is operatively attached to the housing, and has a retracted/stored position where it is contained within the housing and an extended/operational position where it is extended from the housing. The locking apparatus maintains the blade in each of its retracted/stored position and its extended/operational position by being engaged with the blade and releases the blade from each of its retracted/stored position and its extended/operational position by being disengaged from the blade. The extending apparatus automatically moves the blade from its retracted/stored position to its extended/operational position when the locking apparatus is released.
Claims76
A golf green repair tool, comprising:
- a) a housing;
- b) a blade;
- c) first means;
- and
- d) second means;
- wherein said blade is operatively attached to said housing;
- wherein said blade moves axially relative to said housing;
- wherein said blade has a retracted/stored position;
- wherein said blade is contained within said housing when in said retracted/stored position thereof;
- wherein said blade has an extended/operational position;
- wherein said blade is extended axially out from said housing when in said extended/operational position thereof;
- wherein said retracted/stored position of said blade and said extended/operational position are selectably achieved;
- wherein said first means lockingly maintains said blade in each of said retracted/stored position thereof and said extended/operational position thereof by being engaged with said blade;
- wherein said first means releases said blade from each of said retracted/stored position thereof and said extended/operational position thereof by being disengaged from said blade;
- wherein axial movement of said blade from said retracted/stored position thereof to said extended/operational position thereof when said blade is lockingly maintained in said retracted/stored position by said first means is accomplished by disengaging said first means;
- wherein axial movement of said blade from said extended/operational position thereof back to said retracted/stored position thereof when said blade is lockingly maintained in said extended/operational position thereof by said first means is accomplished by disengaging said first means and pushing said blade axially back into said housing;
- wherein said second means axially displaces said blade from said retracted/stored position thereof to said extended/operational position thereof automatically when said first means is released;
- wherein said second means includes first resilient biasing apparatus;
- wherein said housing is shaped for fitting in the palm of a hand so as to form a handle;
- wherein said housing comprises:
- i) a first portion;
- and
- ii) a second portion;
- wherein said second portion of said housing is attached to said first portion of said housing;
- wherein said first portion of said housing has:
- i) a longitudinal axis;
- ii) an outer surface;
- iii) an inner surface;
- iv) a front;
- v) a rear;
- vi) a pair of sides;
- and
- vii) a primary channel;
- and
- wherein said first portion of said housing has a center channel.
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A golf green repair tool, comprising:
- a housing;
- a blade;
- and
- c) first means;
- wherein said blade is operatively attached to said housing;
- wherein said blades moves axially relative to said housing;
- wherein said blade has a retracted/stored position;
- wherein said blade is contained within said housing when in said retracted/stored position thereof;
- wherein said blade has an extended/operational position;
- wherein said blade is extended axially out from said housing when in said extended/operational position thereof;
- wherein said retracted/stored position of said blade and said extended/operational position are selectably achieved;
- wherein said first means lockingly maintains said blade in each of said retracted/stored position thereof and said extended/operational position thereof by being engaged with said blade;
- wherein said first means releases said blade from each of said retracted/stored position thereof and said extended/operational position thereof by being disengaged from said blade;
- wherein axial movement of said blade from said retracted/stored position thereof to said extended/operational position thereof when said blade is lockingly maintained in said retracted/stored position by said first means is accomplished by disengaging said first means;
- wherein axial movement of said blade from said extended/operational position thereof back to said retracted/stored position thereof when said blade is lockingly maintained in said extended/operational position thereof by said first means is accomplished by disengaging said first means and pushing said blade axially back into said housing;
- wherein said housing comprises a first portion;
- wherein said first portion of said housing has:
- i) an outer surface;
- ii) a front;
- iii) a pair of sides;
- and
- iv) a primary channel;
- wherein said blade is a plate;
- wherein said plate of said blade has:
- i) a pair of tines;
- and
- ii) a rear;
- wherein said pair of tines of said plate of said blade extend from a bight zone to a pair of free ends;
- wherein said pair of tines of said plate of said blade have a pair of outer edges;
- wherein said first portion of said housing has a stationary shoulder;
- wherein said plate of said blade has a movable shoulder;
- and
- wherein said movable shoulder cooperates with said stationary shoulder.
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